Should Ward's low blows, headbutts, elbows and excessive holding be illegal?

[SinderellaMan]

He's retired boo boo.
Remember???

[xhiddenx87]

This is a counter post, just in case anyone in here is answering seriously

[KillaMane26]

They have always been illegal but it's up to the ref to enforce the rules and sometimes they don't .

Yeah...Its a unwritten rule of boxing that we should all know by now

[Vlad_]

Most of those criticisms are way overblown.

Ward didn't stop Kov on low blows, so thats a lie, in fact Kov hit Ward with low blows.

Ward clinched a lot and fought out of it and on the inside.

Headbutts happen to every boxer, especially when you fight on the inside. He was dismantling Kessler before a headbutt, the outcome would've ended with an SOG victory regardless.

Give us more!

[QueensburyRules]

Just a simple question.

- -Already were, but never enforced by refs trying to keep the last American male Olympic gold medalist alive until he could pay off his creditors.

[GelfSara]

Ward is still fighting? When is his next scheduled bout? It’s not on my calendar

If Canelo beats Kovalev, we can expect the Son Of Golota to take a sabbatical from his current gig as ̶s̶a̶n̶c̶t̶i̶m̶o̶n̶i̶o̶u̶s̶,̶ ̶n̶a̶r̶c̶i̶s̶s̶i̶s̶t̶i̶c̶ ̶p̶r̶i̶g̶ commentator on ESPN and return to the ring once again.

[Thraxox]

The broner and mayweather fans will claim "those are smart veteran tactics" or "part of the sweet science" but at the same time disown ward when he says he thinks fury beat wilder. Lmao

Dude, do you hate everybody? I see you trash pacman, mayweather, Lara, Canelo, Golovkin, Ward etc etc.. Basically, everyone.

[Articulateboxin]

I think a lot of headbutts in boxing can be attributed to pure accident, without any real intent behind them. However watching Ward vs Kessler was a real eye opener, it had been a while since i'd seen a fighter so deliberately try and crack with the head. I thought this was particularly ironic from a guy fighting under the title of "Son Of God". However that's not to say he isn't a very skilled fighter who always found a way to win - but that also doesn't absolve him of blatantly using illegal tactics. Were they illegal? Yes, should he have had point deductions where applicable? Yes. Do lots of fouls go unpunished by refs? Yes and I don't think he was some kind of special case.

[Curtis Harper]

He's retired boo boo.
Remember???

Posthumous (retirement) point deductions.

I've seen many fights where a guy acted as if his balls were cut off, only to instantly recover when the ref said get back in there.

[Cutthroat]

How come when heads are coming together it's the other fighter that gets cut not Ward or when there are intense inside battles it the other fighter that usually gets hit low.

I dont think he can control who gets cut with a headbutt i mean he can be cut just as easily. Sergey was hitting Ward with low blows, nobody said anything about it. People tend to focus on Ward and not what the other guy is doing. Like I didn't see any outrage over say ggg for example dropping Derey with a shot to the back of the head, but if that was Ward? The outrage would be insane.